8 BCE

Arminius, son of a Cheruscan chieftain, is taken as a hostage to Rome, where he receives a military education. Sextilis, the eighth month of the early Julian calendar, is renamed Augustus (August) by a decree of the Roman Senate in honor of Augustus. King Maroboduus becomes ruler of the Marcomanni and fights against the Roman Empire's expansion in Bohemia.

In the 0s BC, the 1st century BC.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Strato II, the last Indo-Greek king, rules the eastern Punjab alongside his co-regent son Strato III (r. c. 25 BC – AD 10)source
  • After 20 years, Emperor Augustus initiates his second census of the Roman Empire.source
  • King Maroboduus becomes ruler of the Marcomanni and fights against the Roman Empire's expansion in Bohemia.source

Conflict & Security

  • Arminius, son of a Cheruscan chieftain, is taken as a hostage to Rome, where he receives a military education.source

Religion & Belief

  • Sextilis, the eighth month of the early Julian calendar, is renamed Augustus (August) by a decree of the Roman Senate in honor of Augustus.source

Births

  • Wang, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty (died AD 23)source

Deaths

  • November 27 – Horace, Roman lyric poet and writer (born 65 BC)source
  • Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician and advisor (born 70 BC)source
  • Xu, Chinese empress of the Han dynastysource
  • Polemon I, Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdomsource